Part 1
Incommunicable Attributes of God: We do not have these in common with Him He does not overtly express and communicate these to us
Communicable Attributes of God: We do have these in common with Him He does express and communicate these to us
“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
God is spirit.
God is omniscient. He is all-knowing.
“Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?”
“…your Father knows what you need before you ask him.”
“But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.”
“O L ORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.”
“Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.”
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
God is omniscient. He is all-knowing. God is wise. His wisdom means that he always chooses the best goals and the best means to those goals.
“to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.”
“O L ORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.”
“O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!”
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”
God is omniscient. He is all-knowing. God is wise. His wisdom means that he always chooses the best goals and the best means to those goals. God is truthful and faithful He is the true God and His words are both true and the final standard of truth.
“But the L ORD is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation. Thus shall you say to them: “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”
“Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.”
“Do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the L ORD.”
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”
We will understand and know him better which will make our relationship with him stronger. The stronger our relationship with him is, the more fulfilling and joyful this life becomes.
We will be challenged to model our lives after his, and live our lives as a reflection of who He is – essentially, we have the best role model in all of creation!